Kõrkküla, Lääne-Viru County

Kõrkküla
Village
Baltic Klint's Cambrian berm in Kõrkküla.
Kõrkküla
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°25′45″N 26°56′11″E / 59.42917°N 26.93639°E / 59.42917; 26.93639Coordinates: 59°25′45″N 26°56′11″E / 59.42917°N 26.93639°E / 59.42917; 26.93639
Country Estonia
County Lääne-Viru County
Municipality Viru-Nigula Parish
First mentioned 1466[1]
Population (10.01.2012[2])
  Total 40

Kõrkküla is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. It's located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, by the TallinnNarva (Saint Petersburg) road (part of E20), just southeast of Aseri. Kõrkküla has a population of 40 (as of 10 January 2012).[2]

Kõrkküla was first mentioned in 1466.[1]

There is a limestone cross beside the road to memorialize a Russian boyar Vassili Rosladin, who was killed there in 1590.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kõrkküla" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Asukoht ja rahvastik" (in Estonian). Aseri vald. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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